Saint Joseph's Shrine of St. Katharine Drexel
Columbia VA
23038
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Who we are
Saint Joseph was founded in 1884 and is one of the oldest parishes in the Commonwealth. We are located in Columbia, Virginia. St. Joseph is also one of only two national shrines to Saint Katharine Drexel. Sunday Mass is at 9am. Come visit us!
In March 2024, our parish will be celebrating 140 years of the Eucharist! During the year leading up to this wonderful occasion, we are having monthly events to celebrate our history and the people who have made our parish great.
In March 2024, our parish will be celebrating 140 years of the Eucharist! During the year leading up to this wonderful occasion, we are having monthly events to celebrate our history and the people who have made our parish great.
Location of worship
28 Cameron St
Columbia,
VA
23038
United States
Phone: (434) 842-3970
Fax: (434) 589-4463
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Church Pastor
Pastor
28 Cameron St
Columbia,
VA
23038
United States
Phone: (434) 842-3970
Fax: (434) 589-4463
Click here to contact Fr. David M. Ssentamu
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Roman Catholic
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Catholic Diocese of Richmond
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Fr. David M. Ssentamu
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St. Joseph’s is located at the corner of Washington & Cameron Street, Columbia, VA 23038
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Saint Joseph's Shrine of St. Katharine Drexel Mass Times
Join us for daily Mass on Thursdays at 5pm, and Sunday Mass at 9am
In March 2024, our parish will be celebrating 140 years of the Eucharist! During the year leading up to this wonderful occasion, we are having monthly events to celebrate our history and the people who have made our parish great.
140TH ANNIVERSARY INFORMATION:
https://www.saintjosephcolumbia.org/140-years/
Saint Joseph's Shrine of St. Katharine Drexel mass times last updated on the 28th of February, 2024
In March 2024, our parish will be celebrating 140 years of the Eucharist! During the year leading up to this wonderful occasion, we are having monthly events to celebrate our history and the people who have made our parish great.
140TH ANNIVERSARY INFORMATION:
https://www.saintjosephcolumbia.org/140-years/
Saint Joseph's Shrine of St. Katharine Drexel mass times last updated on the 28th of February, 2024
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Saint Joseph's Shrine of St. Katharine Drexel History
The following four paragraphs were taken from Chapter 11 entitled “The River Flows South and West”, in the biography of St. Mary Katharine Drexel, The Golden Door, published in 1957, two years after her death:
In 1901, Mother Katharine had made this trip not only to inspect the school (St. Francis de Sales), but also to discuss setting up small catechetical centers in nearby places in Virginia. This necessitated a considerable amount of train travel. Once in a coach between Richmond and Lynchburg, the train stopped at a small station marked Columbia. She noticed a gilt cross gleaming through the trees and said to her companion, Mother Mercedes, “Do you think that is a Catholic Chapel?” Mother Mercedes replied that she did not think so, as she had been told there was no Mass celebrated between Richmond and Lynchburg.
On their return to St. Francis de Sales they learned from one of the students that there was such a chapel in a little town nearby. The two Sisters went to see this chapel and found it fairly large and in excellent condition; to their surprise they also found it in perfect order, swept and dusted; on the altar clean linen and fresh flowers. There was no sign of life, but even as they were still staring about they heard shuffling steps behind them and turned to see an old Negro looking at them with keen interest. He told them he was Uncle Zeke, and that he was a convert of Father Wakeham and had been with the Wakehams for years. His daughter, Rebecca, was the student who had told them about the Wakeham Chapel.
“Ever since the death of Mrs. Wakeham in 1891, I come here to clean the Chapel every morning and say a prayer there’ll be Mass again some day”, he told them. Then taking them to the carefully tended family cemetery, he showed some headstones weathered by the years, others very new.
Mother Katharine, much touched by the old man’s loyalty and devotion, told him that she could not promise that Mass would be said in the Chapel, but she could send a few of her Sisters from St. Francis de Sales there each week to teach Catechism (Her Sisters remained a part of St. Joseph’s until 1971) and perhaps later she would open a small school. As soon as Mother Katharine returned to St. Francis de Sales, she made arrangements to carry out that part of her promise.
*** In [the] early 1900[s], when Mother Katharine Drexel made arrangement for the Josephite Fathers to say Mass, the Wakeham Chapel unofficially became a Public Chapel, known as St. Joseph’s.
*** Note: At a special Mass on October 15, 2000, honoring the canonization of St. Katharine Drexel, at St. Joseph’s, Bishop Walter Sullivan, Bishop of Richmond, VA, added to the name of St. Joseph’s/”Shrine of St Katharine Drexel”.
In 1901, Mother Katharine had made this trip not only to inspect the school (St. Francis de Sales), but also to discuss setting up small catechetical centers in nearby places in Virginia. This necessitated a considerable amount of train travel. Once in a coach between Richmond and Lynchburg, the train stopped at a small station marked Columbia. She noticed a gilt cross gleaming through the trees and said to her companion, Mother Mercedes, “Do you think that is a Catholic Chapel?” Mother Mercedes replied that she did not think so, as she had been told there was no Mass celebrated between Richmond and Lynchburg.
On their return to St. Francis de Sales they learned from one of the students that there was such a chapel in a little town nearby. The two Sisters went to see this chapel and found it fairly large and in excellent condition; to their surprise they also found it in perfect order, swept and dusted; on the altar clean linen and fresh flowers. There was no sign of life, but even as they were still staring about they heard shuffling steps behind them and turned to see an old Negro looking at them with keen interest. He told them he was Uncle Zeke, and that he was a convert of Father Wakeham and had been with the Wakehams for years. His daughter, Rebecca, was the student who had told them about the Wakeham Chapel.
Mother Katharine, much touched by the old man’s loyalty and devotion, told him that she could not promise that Mass would be said in the Chapel, but she could send a few of her Sisters from St. Francis de Sales there each week to teach Catechism (Her Sisters remained a part of St. Joseph’s until 1971) and perhaps later she would open a small school. As soon as Mother Katharine returned to St. Francis de Sales, she made arrangements to carry out that part of her promise.
*** In [the] early 1900[s], when Mother Katharine Drexel made arrangement for the Josephite Fathers to say Mass, the Wakeham Chapel unofficially became a Public Chapel, known as St. Joseph’s.
*** Note: At a special Mass on October 15, 2000, honoring the canonization of St. Katharine Drexel, at St. Joseph’s, Bishop Walter Sullivan, Bishop of Richmond, VA, added to the name of St. Joseph’s/”Shrine of St Katharine Drexel”.
Saint Joseph's Shrine of St. Katharine Drexel FAQs
Question: Where is Saint Joseph's Shrine of St. Katharine Drexel located?
Answer: Saint Joseph's Shrine of St. Katharine Drexel is located at 28 Cameron St, Columbia, Virginia.
Question: Who is Saint Joseph's Shrine of St. Katharine Drexel's pastor?
Answer: Saint Joseph's Shrine of St. Katharine Drexel's pastor is Fr. David M. Ssentamu.
Question: What time is mass at Saint Joseph's Shrine of St. Katharine Drexel?
Answer: Join us for daily Mass on Thursdays at 5pm, and Sunday Mass at 9am In March 2024, our parish will be celebrating 140 years of the Eucharist! During the year leading up to this wonderful occasion, we are having monthly events to celebrate our history and the people who have made our parish great. 140TH ANNIVERSARY INFORMATION: https://www.saintjosephcolumbia.org/140-years/
Question: How can I get to Saint Joseph's Shrine of St. Katharine Drexel?
Answer: St. Joseph’s is located at the corner of Washington & Cameron Street, Columbia, VA 23038
Question: What is Saint Joseph's Shrine of St. Katharine Drexel's Facebook page?
Answer: https://www.facebook.com/friendsofst.josephs.shrineofst.katharine.drexel/
Question: What denominaiton is Saint Joseph's Shrine of St. Katharine Drexel?
Answer: Saint Joseph's Shrine of St. Katharine Drexel belongs to Roman Catholic denomination and is affiliated with Catholic Diocese of Richmond.
Answer: Saint Joseph's Shrine of St. Katharine Drexel is located at 28 Cameron St, Columbia, Virginia.
Question: Who is Saint Joseph's Shrine of St. Katharine Drexel's pastor?
Answer: Saint Joseph's Shrine of St. Katharine Drexel's pastor is Fr. David M. Ssentamu.
Question: What time is mass at Saint Joseph's Shrine of St. Katharine Drexel?
Answer: Join us for daily Mass on Thursdays at 5pm, and Sunday Mass at 9am In March 2024, our parish will be celebrating 140 years of the Eucharist! During the year leading up to this wonderful occasion, we are having monthly events to celebrate our history and the people who have made our parish great. 140TH ANNIVERSARY INFORMATION: https://www.saintjosephcolumbia.org/140-years/
Question: How can I get to Saint Joseph's Shrine of St. Katharine Drexel?
Answer: St. Joseph’s is located at the corner of Washington & Cameron Street, Columbia, VA 23038
Question: What is Saint Joseph's Shrine of St. Katharine Drexel's Facebook page?
Answer: https://www.facebook.com/friendsofst.josephs.shrineofst.katharine.drexel/
Question: What denominaiton is Saint Joseph's Shrine of St. Katharine Drexel?
Answer: Saint Joseph's Shrine of St. Katharine Drexel belongs to Roman Catholic denomination and is affiliated with Catholic Diocese of Richmond.
"For where two or three come together in my name, there am I with them."
Matthew 18:20
Saint Joseph's Shrine of St. Katharine Drexel listing was last updated on the 28th of February, 2024
